Sunday 14 January 2018 17:49, UK
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was left out of the Borussia Dortmund squad for their match against Wolfsburg on Sunday for disciplinary reasons.
Dortmund boss Peter Stoger confirmed the striker missed a pre-game meeting after training on Saturday and was subsequently dropped.
Aubameyang, who has scored 21 goals in 23 appearances for Dortmund in all competitions this season, was linked with a move to Chelsea in the summer after topping the goalscoring table in the Bundesliga last season.
The 28-year-old was also rumoured to be a possible replacement for Alexis Sanchez at Arsenal, with the Chile international heading for a seemingly inevitable exit from the Emirates, but boss Arsene Wenger says signing Aubameyang is "not a possibility".
According to Sky in Germany, Aubameyang is not trying to engineer a move away from the club, although his behaviour is understood to have angered some of his team-mates.
Dortmund's sporting director Michael Zorc revealed the Gabon striker's repeated lateness is a problem and the club are working with the player to improve it.
"Auba is a special player," said Zorc. "He is extravagant and a colourful character. That does a city like Dortmund a lot of good.
"We have only one problem with him - that is punctuality. We have to be very clear about that."
The striker was suspended in November for "disciplinary reasons" and missed their league match at Stuttgart, while in 2016 Dortmund dropped him for a Champions League game due to "internal reasons".
